Publications of the Laboratory for Education and Research in Secure Systems Engineering (LERSSE) 10 records found  Search took 0.00 seconds. 
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On the Challenges in Usable Security Lab Studies: Lessons Learned from Replicating a Study on SSL Warnings / Andreas Sotirakopoulos ; Kirstie Hawkey ; Konstantin Beznosov [LERSSE-RefConfPaper-2011-005]
We replicated and extended a 2008 study conducted at CMU that investigated the e effectiveness of SSL warnings. [...]
Published in Andreas Sotirakopoulos, Kirstie Hawkey, and Konstantin Beznosov. On the Challenges in Usable Security Lab Studies: Lessons Learned from Replicating a Study on SSL Warnings. In Proceedings of Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security, July 2011:
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Towards Understanding IT Security Professionals and Their Tools / David Botta ; Rodrigo Werlinger ; André Gagné ; Konstantin Beznosov ; et al [LERSSE-PRESENTATION-2007-062]
It is estimated that organizations worldwide will spend around $100 Billion USD on IT Security in 2007. [...]
Published in David Botta, Rodrigo Werlinger, André Gagné, Konstantin Beznosov, Sid Fels, Lee Iverson, Brian Fisher, "Towards Understanding IT Security Professionals and Their Tools," CIPS Vancouver Security SIG Meeting, Vancouver, 13 June, 2007, pp.20.:
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Surpass: System-initiated User-replaceable Passwords / Jun Ho Huh ; Seongyeol Oh ; Hyoungshick Kim ; Konstantin Beznosov [LERSSE-RefConfPaper-2015-006]
System-generated random passwords have maximum pass- word security and are highly resistant to guessing attacks. [...]
Published in Jun Ho Huh, Seongyeol Oh, Hyoungshick Kim and Konstantin Beznosov. Surpass: System-initiated User-replaceable Passwords. In Proceedings of ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS'15), October 2015.:
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Security Analysis of Malicious Socialbots on the Web / Yazan Boshmaf [LERSSE-THESIS-2015-002]
The open nature of the Web, online social networks (OSNs) in particular, makes it possible to design socialbots—automation software that controls fake accounts in a target OSN, and has the ability to perform basic activities similar to those of real users. [...]
Published in Yazan Boshmaf, Security Analysis of Malicious Socialbots on the Web, PhD Dissertation, UBC, 2015:
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On the Memorability of System-generated PINs: Can Chunking Help? / Jun Ho Huh ; Hyoungschick Kim ; Rakesh B. Bobba ; Masooda N. Bashir ; et al [LERSSE-RefConfPaper-2015-003]
To ensure that users do not choose weak personal identification numbers (PINs), many banks give out system-generated random PINs. [...]
Published in Jun Ho Huh, Hyoungschick Kim, Rakesh B. Bobba, Masooda N. Bashir and Konstantin Beznosov. 2015. On the Memorability of System-generated PINs: Can Chunking Help? SOUPS'15: Symposium On Usable Privacy and Security. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada:
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A Usability Analysis of Microsoft Windows Vista’s Firewall / Arun Chebium ; Pooya Jaferian ; Nima Kaviani ; Fahimeh Raja [LERSSE-REPORT-2009-031]
The usability of personal firewalls has not received a significant amount of attention in the literature. [...]
Published in Arun Chebium, Pooya Jaferian, Nima Kaviani, Fahimeh Raja, "A Usability Analysis of Microsoft Windows Vista’s Firewall", term project report, CPSC 544, University of British Columbia, Canada, Spring 2007. :
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Influencing User Password Choice Through Peer Pressure / Andreas Sotirakopoulos [LERSSE-THESIS-2011-004]
Passwords are the main means of authenticating users in most systems today. [...]
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Integro: Leveraging Victim Prediction for Robust Fake Account Detection in OSNs / Yazan Boshmaf ; Dionysios Logothetis ; Georgos Siganos ; Jorge Leria ; et al [LERSSE-PRESENTATION-2015-001]
Detecting fake accounts in online social networks (OSNs) protects OSN operators and their users from various malicious activities. [...]
Published in Boshmaf et al. "Integro: Leveraging Victim Prediction for Robust Fake Account Detection in OSNs" In proceedings the 2015 Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS'15), San Diego, USA.:
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Integro: Leveraging Victim Prediction for Robust Fake Account Detection in OSNs / Yazan Boshmaf ; Dionysios Logothetis ; Georgos Siganos ; Jorge Leria ; et al [LERSSE-RefConfPaper-2014-004]
Detecting fake accounts in online social networks (OSNs) protects OSN operators and their users from various malicious activities. [...]
Published in Boshmaf et al. "Integro: Leveraging Victim Prediction for Robust Fake Account Detection in OSNs" In proceedings the 2015 Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS'15), San Diego, USA.:
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I’m too Busy to Reset my LinkedIn Password: On the Effectiveness of Password Reset Emails / Jun Ho Huh ; Hyoungshick Kim ; Swathi S.V.P. Rayala ; Rakesh B. Bobba ; et al [LERSSE-RefConfPaper-2017-002]
A common security practice used to deal with a password breach is locking user accounts and sending out an email to tell users that they need to reset their password to unlock their account. [...]
Published in J. H. Huh, H. Kim, S. S. V. Rayala, R. B. Bobba, K. Beznosov, “I’m too busy to reset my LinkedIn password: On the effectiveness of password reset emails,” to appear in Proceedings of the ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 2017, 5 pages.:
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